United States Naval Academy Men's Tennis

Garner was selected as the 2015 Patriot League Coach of the Year at the end of his inaugural season at Navy. Garner arrived on The Yard fresh off of leading Amherst to the 2014 NCAA (DIII) Championship. The Lord Jeffs posted a 36-3 record during the 2013-14 season to win the programs second NCAA team crown in four years. Additionally that year, Joey Fritz won the NCAA singles title while Fritz teamed with Justin Reindel to advance to the semifinal round in doubles. The 2014 crown capped Garners seven-year stint as the head coach at Amherst. He guided the Lord Jeffs to an overall record of 199-43 (.822) 134-16 (.893) over the last four seasons and to at least the semifinal round of the NCAA Tournament in five of his years. Amherst won NCAA crowns in 2011 and 14, advanced to the NCAA finals in 2009 and 10, and won the third-place match in the 2013 edition of the tournament. The Lord Jeffs also reached the quarterfinal round in the 2012 edition of the event, which gave Garner a record of 24-4 in six seasons of NCAA Tournament play. Amherst also compiled a 49-7 (.875) record in NESCAC regular season matches under Garner. The Lord Jeffs entered the conference tournament seeded no lower than second in each of his last six seasons, which included them earning the No. 1 seed in 2011, 12 and 13. The program would go on to claim three NESCAC Tournament titles (2011, 12, 14), reach the finals on two additional occasions (2009, 13) and post a 9-4 (.692) record in NESCAC Tournament play. Nationally, Garners players totaled 22 ITA All-America accolades. In addition to the 2014 run of success by Fritz and Reindel, Austin Chafetz and Luis Rattenhuber won the 2012 NCAA doubles title and Mark Kahan advanced to the 2013 singles final. On an NESCAC level, Amherst players totaled 29 all-conference certificates during the Garner era. Garner himself was honored by the NESCAC as the coach of the year in both 2009 and 11. A native of Long Island, N.Y., Garner was a standout player in his own right. He was the No. 1 ranked player in the country in the 14-and-under age group in 1983, the No. 1 ranked player in the under 16s in 1984 and was the No. 3 player in the under 18s from 1985-86. He competed on the U.S. Junior Davis Cup team from 1985-87 and amassed 12 National Junior titles before entering the collegiate ranks. Garner earned All-America honors at Georgia before joining the professional tour. He attained an ATP ranking of No. 120 in 1991, advanced to the Round of 16 at the 1993 Australian Open and recorded victories over some of the top players in the world during his pro career. After his playing career ended in 1994, Garner served as a private tennis coach for both professional and junior players before becoming an assistant coach at Colorado for one season (2004-05). The Buffaloes ended his lone season at the school ranked 59th nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and with a 9-15 record. He would then spend two years as an assistant coach at Ohio State, during which time he also completed his undergraduate degree. The Buckeyes were a combined 26-0 against Big Ten competition during the regular season and conference tournament, compiled an overall record of 58-4 28-2 in 2005-06; 30-2 in 2006-07 advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament in both seasons and ended the years ranked fifth and third, respectively, by the ITA. Garner was tabbed as the head coach at Amherst in the fall of 2007. A grandfather of his fought in the Navy during World War II and was stationed on the USS New Orleans and the USS Salt Lake City. The Garner family, which includes wife Monika, daughter Gigi and sons Luke and Finn, resides in Annapolis.

Moreland immediately began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach at Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio). He would return to his alma mater in 1998 as an assistant coach for both tennis programs at the school. During his two years at the school he coached two singles players and four doubles players who earned All-America honors, as well as a pair of ITA regional singles and doubles champions. Moreland would serve as the head coach of the mens and womens teams at St. Marys College for one season prior to arriving at Navy. He would coach the conference womens rookie of the year during his lone campaign at St. Marys. In addition to his Bachelors Degree from Washington College, he also earned a Masters Degree from the school in 2004. Moreland and his wife, Kay, reside in Annapolis with their son, John Michael, who was born in 2015.